HOAV TO GROW GOOD CLOVER. 



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we should no more call land sick of clover because 

 it will not bear this crop under our exhaustive system 

 of cultivation than we should call a barren sand wheat- 



sick for refusing to grow corn. 



ANALYSES OF BARLEY AND CLOVJ 



Silica 



Phosphoric acid 



Sulphuric acid 



Carbonic acid 



Lime 



Magnesia 



Peroxide of iron 



Potash 



Soda 



Chloride of sodium 

 Chloride of potassium 



We cannot better conclude this chapter than by- 

 quoting the following from Baron Liebig's Letters 

 on Modern Agriculture, so ably translated by Pro- 

 fessor Blvth : — 



The simplest peasant has sense enough to see, and all agriculturists 

 agree with him, that clover, turnips, hay, &c, cannot be sold off from 

 a farm without most materially damaging the cultivation of the corn. 

 Every one willingly admits that the sale and exportation of clover, 

 turnips, &c, exercise a detrimental influence on the growing of corn. 

 " Above all, let us take care to have plenty of fodder ; the corn crop 



